Louise Slaughter

E45284

American politician Democrat human member of the United States House of Representatives

Louise Slaughter was a long-serving Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, known for her work on health care, women's rights, and as the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → Democrat → human → member of the United States House of Representatives →
academicDegree	Bachelor's degree in microbiology → Master's degree in public health →
burialPlace	Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, New York →
causeOfDeath	complications from a fall →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1929-08-14 →
dateOfDeath	2018-03-16 →
educatedAt	University of Kentucky →
endTime	2018-03-16 →
familyName	Slaughter →
givenName	Dorothy →
honorificPrefix	The Honorable →
knownFor	advocacy for health care policy → advocacy for women's rights → co-authoring the Violence Against Women Act → first woman to chair the House Rules Committee → work on genetic nondiscrimination legislation →
livedIn	Fairport, New York, United States → Rochester, New York, United States →
memberOf	Congressional Progressive Caucus → United States House Committee on Rules →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	advocacy for the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act → co-author of the Violence Against Women Act → leadership on House Rules Committee procedures →
numberOfChildren	3 →
placeOfBirth	Lynch, Kentucky, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
politicalParty	Democratic Party →
positionHeld	Chair of the United States House Committee on Rules → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York → United States representative →
religion	Baptist →
representedDistrict	New York's 25th congressional district → New York's 28th congressional district → New York's 30th congressional district →
residence	Rochester, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Robert Slaughter →
startTime	1987-01-03 →
workedOn	Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act → Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-related legislation → Violence Against Women Act →
workLocation	Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New York's 28th congressional district →	lastRepresentedBy
New York's 25th congressional district →	previousRepresentative